Lamp or lantern holder.



No, 859,013. PATENTED JULY 2, 1.907.

W. N. ROBERTS & H. B. MATHEWS.

LAMP 0R LANTERN HOLDER. urmonmn nun JULY 1a, 1900.

Quoentocb m w m w UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM N. ROBERTS AND HENRY B. MATHEWS, OF ANSONIA, OHIO.

LAMP OR LANTERN HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2, 1907.

Application filed July 13,1906. Serial Ila-326,155.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM N. ROBERTS and HENRY B. ll/IATHEWS,citizens of the United States, residing at Ansonia, in the county ofDarke and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Lamp or Lantern Holders, of which the fol lowing is aspecification.

The object of our invention is to provide an improved lamp or lanternholder designed for use in connection with that type of lantern, whichhas heretofore been usually carried by the dash board of a buggy orother vehicle, and which by means of our improved lantern holder, may becarried at the upper front corner of the carriage top, where it willthrow a maximum of light in front of the horse and with a minimum ofshadow. @For a full description of the invention and the merits thereofand also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of themeans for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the followingdescription and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the lantern in dotted lines andsupported at the upper left hand corner of the top of a vehicle, theholder being shown in full lines as are also a portion of the side braceof the vehicle top and the corner post to which the side brace issecured at one end; Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view on a reducedscale illustrating our improved lantern holder and its socket pieceshown detached from each other and in juxtaposition.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

Refeiring to the drawings the numeral 1 designates the upper side braceof a buggy or similar vehicle, and 2 designates the post on which oneend of the brace 1 is held, by means of the ordinary nut 3.

shaped, as shown, and is provided at one end with a preferably flattenedeye 5 by which it may be inserted over the end of the post 2 and beclamped thereon by the nut 3. The arm 4 extends downwardly from its eyeand thence upwardly around and over the outer side of the nut and isprovided at its free end with an outstanding and laterally extendingportion 6 to which a head '7 is secured by means of a screw threadedengagement. The head. 7 is intended to be received in a downwardlyfacing socket on one side of the lantern S, and clamp in said socket bymeans which of themselves do not form any part of the present invention,being described and claimed in our allowed application for LettersPatent of the United States, No. 304,560, file on or about March 6,1906.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, it will be seen that we have provided a lantern supporting armwhich is formed at one end with an eye that is received on the post 2being preferably interposed between the end of the side brace 1 which isalso received on said post and the nut 3 which is screwed on the end ofthe post and clamps the arm thereon as Well as serving as a means forsecurely holding the side brace 1. It is this main feature of the armwhich is the essential element of our present improvement in lanternholders of this type and it will be seen that by means of this element,the holder may be readily attached to and detached from the top of thebuggy or similar vehicle so as to hold the lantern in an advantageousposition for night driving.

Having thus described the invention, What is claimed as new is:

YVILLIAM N. ROBERTS. HENRY B. MATI-IEYVS.

[n s.] [n s.] Witnesses GEORGE F. Bownnsox,

RoY WHITTINGTON.

